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Episode 283: The Newsies' Leap of Faith: Alan Menken Interview Mar 20, 2012

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Nick chats to Alan Menken about his two new shows about to open on Broadway - Newsies and Leap of Faith; hear about the shows' histories and development - and Alan's involvement with Twitter and some interesting pets he has!

Episode 281: The Musicals of OZ Mar 06, 2012

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Australia is quickly becoming a major player in the world of musical theatre - which mega musicals including Priscilla and Dirty Dancing, it is a major testing ground for new musicals. Guest presenters Luisa Lyons and Maryann Wright talk about the rivalry between Melbourne and Sydney, Doctor Zhivago, Strictly Ballroom, Beaudy, The Hatpin, Keating, Officer and a Gentleman, the Festival circuit, Kookaburra, new arts funding bodies like New Musicals Australia, state funding bodies and why seeing Barry O'Farrell at musical premieres is a good thing, Digital Theatre and other initiatives to film live performances, and Cate Blanchett and her crusade for better post-show events to foster a theatre community. Streuth, mate!

0280: Peter Polycarpou At Large Feb 29, 2012

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David Kingsmill catches up with the very talented Peter Polycarpou to discuss his impressive career in Les Miserables, Evita, Imagine This and so many others, including the all new super-dark Sweeney Todd coming to London very soon.

MusicalTalk Mini 10: Floyd Collins at The Southwark Playhouse Feb 29, 2012

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Nick shares his thoughts on the musical of Floyd Collins playing in the very appropriate Vaults at the Southwark Playhouse.

0279: A Royal Variety Episode Feb 21, 2012

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2012 marks the 100th anniversary of The Royal Variety Performance, do Nick sits down with conductor Mike Dixon (now a permanent presenter) to discuss Mike's experience in conducting varioius amounts of Royal Variety Performances, but focusing specifically on the 1993 performance which can be found here: http://mikedixonmusic.com/page7.html.

0278: Ghosts, Muppets and Children of Eden - All After The Turn! Feb 14, 2012

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In this packed episode of MusicalTalk, Nick revisits Ghost and, along with Catherine, shares a different view on the musical; Sandra (our resident Swede) shares her thoughts on About The Turn - a new rock jukebox musical featuring the songs of Tim Prottey-Jones playing at the Courtyard Theatre, Andrew Keating, Yves (our resident Belgian) and Sandra discuss Children of Eden - that had a hugely successful concert production at The Prince of Wales Theatre and Nick and Andrew Keating discuss The Muppets Movie - that's also a musical, of course!

0277: 21st Century Ops Feb 07, 2012

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When is an opera not an opera? When it's music theatre! Eh? Find out more by joining Thos as he chats to the wonderful Kit Hesketh-Harvey about his brand new English translation of La Traviata – the fallen women – set in a burlesque club in contemporary Shoreditch.

0276: 2012 - Now and Then (Part Two) Jan 31, 2012

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Tim and Thos invite you join them on a further 150 years exploration of the anniversaries of 2012 in musical theatre, investigating the scores, shows and stories from 1912 to one of the earliest musicals on record – Love in a Village – written in 1762.

0275: 2012 - Now and Then (Part One) Jan 25, 2012

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It's time to pull on your time travelling trousers and join Tim and Thos as they explore the anniversaries of 2012 in musical theatre, investigating the scores, shows and stories of 1962 and 1912 in music!

0274: 2011 West End Review (Part Two) Jan 17, 2012

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Thos and Nick sit down to discuss and share their thoughts on the various productions they saw during 2011! Hear about London Road, Matilda, Pippin, Rock of Ages, Ghost and others in the 2nd part of our look back at 2011!

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